If you're anything like me...you are always battling a war on paper...specifically school papers. We talked about those stacks of paper last week. Let's continue to talk about how those stacks of paper enter your home. They don't always enter your home as a stack...usually they come in the form of cute drawings and special stories written by your children. They come in the form of papers from the teacher and communication from school. There are all kinds of sources … [Read more...]
Activity Bags
My children are 11, 9 and 5. We have one playing volleyball, one playing flag football and one taking trapeze lessons. On top of that we attend church regularly and sometimes help out with the campus ministry at church. And we do have a little bit of a social life beyond that...sometimes. HA! Last year we were always arriving at someone's lesson or practice and the other children were complaining of being bored, thirsty of hungry. So this year we are trying to be … [Read more...]
Back To School Stacks
I feel like most of what I have done this week is put out fires and tackle stacks. Monday was our first day of school. I have two in elementary school and this year I have one in middle school. This means two times the parent meetings, two times the school events and two times the paperwork. Well, truly I have three sets of paperwork but two different schools means different channels of communication going out and coming in. To top that all off I spent all … [Read more...]
Do It With Me: Schoolwork Storage Project
Today my oldest daughter, Savannah, had her 5th grade graduation ceremony. It was surreal to think that she won't be going to elementary school anymore. She has a wonderful class of students graduating with her and I just can't believe that she will be starting middle school next year. She's so excited and very ready for this next stage of life. I think I'm ready but today was definitely a huge milestone in our lives. Someone is seriously going to have to hold me … [Read more...]
Clip It Up
It's almost back to school time! All three of my children will be going to school full time this year. This year we're moving back into our regular school building after it has been COMPLETELY renovated..in fact, most of it was demolished and a new building was built behind and attached to the historic building. Suffice it to say that there will be a lot of change and chaos around the start of school this year. Thankfully our school is fantastic at communication. … [Read more...]